Thread: Farm Pond Linit

Originally Posted by deadaim

Local Farm pond Crappie before the Snow hit Sun. Hope to start hitting the lakes this weekend.

Nice feesch!

That's a nice mes of crappie from a farm pond. And they eat just like every other crappie I have eaten. Looks like a great day.

Nice string of blacks.

Good idea to take some out. Crappie are notorious for overpopulating a pond resulting in smaller fish. I have a neighbor who said he takes out about 1,000 a year, which he believes keeps them in check.

Originally Posted by Bronson

Good idea to take some out. Crappie are notorious for overpopulating a pond resulting in smaller fish. I have a neighbor who said he takes out about 1,000 a year, which he believes keeps them in check.

The pond owner lets me take some out a couple of trips every spring. He didnt stock them and has no idea how they got in the pond ( Im sure from stocking some slipped in ) He is all about his Bass , Hybrid bluegill and Catfish and I have to put all those back. The only Aggrivating thing is keeping a 5-7 pound bass from breaking your crappie pole. It is an amazing spring fed pond about 3 acres with stickups and structure all in it. The Crappie get a little larger every year I fish. They were about 6 inches and paper thin a few years ago and you would catch them non stop. Now that he is letting us take some and has larger Bass in the pond the numbers are down but quality is up.

Originally Posted by Bronson

Good idea to take some out. Crappie are notorious for overpopulating a pond resulting in smaller fish. I have a neighbor who said he takes out about 1,000 a year, which he believes keeps them in check.

the more he will let you take out the better for all his other fish and the better the crappie will get. You can't hardly over fish them in a pond like that. If they are not kept in check they will take over and ruin the pond.

very nice catch